so if homeowners wont pay for removals, who takes the tree off the house?
of course they pay. and good, usually. you gotta get the trees off ASAP, and clear the hazards. then clean the yard. plenty of work. there are liscense issues in different states but if you are legal, and insured, you are usually ok. getting a local county license will allow you to skirt the state issue. take checks, put it in the bank, business as usual. what kills you are all the estimates people want. homeowner pays, insurance company reimburses them for emergency work.
after isabel there were over 10,000 houses with trees on them in williamsburg. all we did was lift em off for a month. cut em up, move em to the road.
But you guys are confusing the FEMA sponsored clean up with the actual tree work needed after the storm.
once an area is declared a disaster area, (which is done before the storm actually hits) FEMA becomes involved, and they pay anybody to haul.
when doing homeowner work all debris goes curbside. then FEMA takes over and pays by the cubic yard to haul it to a grinding site.
when you ride around looking at all the busted trees, it hurts, but we gotta eat too. nothing wrong with making money, just don't gouge them.
if it was'nt for us travellers, the local companies could not do it all.
the gratitude you get when you uncover their house is also really cool.
